# Incident 20170805016929I: Piper PA-28-151, Fort Myers, FL, August 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2017, 21:45 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida Internationa
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5362° N, 81.7552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (RSW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5362&lon=-81.7552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75200, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 140 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170805016929I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

08/06/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 01:45 ZULU, A PIPER PA-28, REGISTRATION N75200, WITH PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC)  EN ROUTE FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) TO IMMOKALE REGIONAL AIRPORT (IMM) DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO  SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RSW) DUE TO THROTTLE STUCK IN FULL OPEN POSITION. PIC STABILIZED AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RSW, LEANED MIXTURE, SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND GLIDED TO RUNWAY 24, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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